Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in ...

A coal mine where an underground fire on Jan. 13, 2025 prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

As of 3:32 p.m., the fire at Leer South Mine in Barbour County that started early Monday morning is still burning.

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., joined U.S. Rep.

Core Natural Resources is working to temporarily seal a part of its Leer South coal mine in West Virginia in an effort to extinguish an underground fire. The fire began Monday and all mine workers ...

CONSOL Energy and Arch Resources, which operated several mines in West Virginia, officially merged on Tuesday and then released a statement on the underground fire in Barbour County.

Advocates want federal regulators to shut down what they say is an illegal coal haul road in West Virginia's Monongahela ...